Aligner for type-writers



(Model.)

0. J. BAKER.

ALIGNER FUR TYPE WRITERS. No. 282,253. Patented July 31. 1883.

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ATTORNEYS.

r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. BAKER, on ToPE'KA, KANSAS.

ALIGNER FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 282,253, dated July 31,1883.

Application filed July 13; lssa' (ModelJ Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the top of a type-writer with myimproved aligner applied to it. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a partof the said improved aligner on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of another part of the said aligner;

A gage-bar, a, attached to the top I) of the type-writer by hook-headedthumb-screws c,

or any other approved means,-and bridging over the type-basket d, so asto gage the type when raised up to the point Where they-act on thepaper, is provided with a slot, 6, in which the typefaces are to beadjusted for alignment, and on the margins of said slot the gage isprovided with two type-faces, M m, to be used instead of the cross-linesheretofore eniployed for gages, by which to set the type to bealigned,said type-faces being of the same size and form as those to be aligned,and along respect to the letters on the aligner.

them and let in them and the bar flush with the surface.

1 The method of aligning the type by this device is as follows: A typeis found by trial that will fairly strike the platen-the plane.

wherethe letters are impressed on the paper. This type is then taken asthe key to the series of type 'to be aligned. The aligner is then put onand adjusted by said type and clamped to the machine. brought so thatthe type will similarly strike the plane of the platen. Said type arethen adjusted all alike by setting them alike with Each type-writer armworks in a suitable chair, and

each chair is attached to the margin of a typewriter basket by means ofa screw passing through said chair into the bedplate of the machine.When said screw is loosened, the type-arm is free to describe an are,either in a vertical or horizontal direction, and also has a lateralmotion, enabling the requisite adj ustments to be made.

I have represented the letters M m as placed on either side of the planeof the type to be aligned; but I do not mean to limit myself to thatarrangement, for in some cases it maybe desirable to place them aboveand below such plane.

Having thus fully described my invention,'I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent l The combination, with the aligner-bar a, attached to a typewriter, and having slot e, as described, of the type Mm, substantially as specified.

. CHARLES J. BAKER.

lVitnesses: 1

EUGENE E. BACON, S. FLDAVISON.

The remaining arms are then,

